Affric Highlands

Launched in 2021, Affric Highlands is driven by a bold and ambitious vision: to unite landowners and communities across the northwest Highlands in rewilding a vast corridor of land stretching from Loch Ness to Kintail. Supported by Trees for Life and Rewilding Europe, the initiative is collaborating with partners to restore a flourishing ecosystem, where natural processes are given space to lead the way and wildlife can return in abundance.

People are also central to the project mission. Thriving nature will strengthen and expand livelihoods in the area, creating a flourishing community where nature and people prosper. Engagement programmes will be developed as part of the project, supported by Tree for Life’s new rewilding education centre at Dundreggan.

Rewilding will be kick-started through the restoration of peatlands, the re-establishment of montane scrub, and the preservation and expansion of native pinewoods. Habitat corridors are a key element to the project, and core rewilding sites will be connected by collaborating with landowners and land managers. These connections will help enable the return of threatened wildlife species, allowing them to thrive and play their role within the wider ecosystem. A total of 19 landowners are already on board with the initiative, and it is hoped that this will grow further over the coming years.

GET INVOLVED

If you are a landowner, business or community group and would like to connect with the project, contact info@​affrichighlands.​org. Keep up to date on Affric Highlands by signing up to the Trees for Life newsletter.